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        <![CDATA[ On the Record: Magna Carta ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ In this first instalment of our miniseries People and Power, we find out more about the document from 1215 that became known as Magna Carta, or ‘great charter'. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Allocating collections acceptance in lieu of tax 2024-5 ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Every year, The National Archives receive documents, archives or collections through the UK Art Council's Acceptance in Lieu scheme. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/james-travers/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">James Travers</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ In our next episode of On the Record, the first in our People and Power miniseries, we explore two medieval documents that reshaped ideas of power in society. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Help us improve Government Licensing guidance ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ We're looking for public sector information providers and people who re-use this data to participate in user research, to make sure we are meeting your needs. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/christopher-day/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Christopher Day</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Researching Love Letters ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Discover how expressions of love have been uncovered in unexpected places by The National Archive. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/amanda-bevan/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Amanda Bevan</a>, <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/vicky-iglikowski-broad/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Vicky Iglikowski-Broad</a> and <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/ralph-thompson/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Ralph Thompson</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Prototyping digital technology for collaboration and exploration ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Digital researcher Bernard Ogden reflects on using experimental technology to foster co-learning between digital and collection experts. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/bernard-ogden/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Bernard Ogden</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Advisory Council on National Records and Archives appointments and reappointments ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The Secretary of State has reappointed three members, and appointed two new members to the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Subhas Chandra Bose and India at war ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ This blog explores the complex history of India’s role as part of the British Empire between 1939–45, during the Second World War. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/michael-mahoney/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Michael Mahoney</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Increase in fees ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ On Monday 2 February 2026, The National Archives will increase fees for some services as we bring charges in line with current delivery costs. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ On the Record: Love Letters ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ This episode looks at the extraordinary collection of love letters, spanning centuries, that you might not expect to find in a government archive. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/dr-mollie-clarke/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Dr Mollie Clarke</a>, <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/dr-sean-cunningham/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Dr Sean Cunningham</a>, <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/vicky-iglikowski-broad/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Vicky Iglikowski-Broad</a> and <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/chloe-lee/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Chloe Lee</a> ]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Trailer – On the Record: Love Letters ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ In our next episode of On the Record, we explore 500 years of devotion, longing and forbidden love from our new Love Letters exhibition. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Pupils in North East England get hands-on with history ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Our collaboration with North East Museums will allow young people in North East England to work with our historic records without having to travel to London. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ A place of refuge in the colonies ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The National Archives holds powerful material relating to the Holocaust. With over 11 million records on the topic, what stories can we uncover? ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Love letters relating to some of the most famous love affairs in British history are on show at The National Archives from Saturday 24 January 2026. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The National Archives welcomes new directors ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Tobi Adetimilehin joins the organisation as Finance Director and Claire Wightman is appointed Director of People, Inclusion, and Change. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Pollution in the Archive ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ In this blog, Heather Craddock and Giorgia Tolfo reflect on the 2025 ‘Talking records: Pollution in the Archive’ symposium held at The National Archives. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ The National Archives and RIBA to partner ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The collaboration will provide interim public access to the RIBA Drawings and Archives collections formerly housed in South Kensington. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Archive Rambler: from Westward Ho! to Bideford ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Giorgia Tolfo continues her trip along the South West Coast Path, exploring the rewards of combining archival research and walking. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/giorgia-tolfo/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Giorgia Tolfo</a> ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Archive Rambler: from Hartland to Clovelly ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ How can archival research deepen the experience of hiking, and vice versa? Giorgia Tolfo finds out on a trip down the South West Coast Path. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ A set of accounts which record one of the first performances of Shakespeare’s Othello will be on show at The National Archives from 12 January 2026. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Writer in Residence, Rupert Shirley, reflects on writing an original play based on our records. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ From today, visitors to The National Archives can request access to records from Parliament’s Archive which are now housed at Kew. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Rare chance to see Jane Austen’s will in Love Letters exhibition ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Two hundred and fifty years after her birth on 16 December 1775, Jane Austen fans will have a rare chance to see her will. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 9 Dec 2025 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Bosie’s passionate plea for lover Oscar Wilde in Love Letters exhibition ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ A passionate plea for clemency from Oscar Wilde’s lover Lord Alfred Douglas goes on show in The National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition, opening in January. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 8 Dec 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ The National Archives Updates Service Fees ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ From 2 February 2026, The National Archives will increase fees for some services as we bring charges in line with current delivery costs. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 1 Dec 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Unlocking stories through cataloguing collections: Archives Revealed ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Jessica Hogg explores how Archives Revealed projects are connecting communities and celebrating diversity and identity. ]]>
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      <link>https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blogs/community-outreach/unlocking-stories-through-cataloguing-collections-archives-revealed/?utm_source=feed-all&amp;utm_medium=rss</link>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/jessica-hogg/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Jessica Hogg</a> ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ From curiosity to career: my first year in archives ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Over the last year, Liv Page has been working at The National Archives as a Level 7 Archivist and Records Manager apprentice. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Fresh chapter as archives gain accredited status ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Six contrasting archives from different parts of Britain have won accredited status for the first time. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Catalogue Week 2025 ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Archivist Jane Langford introduces our annual celebration of cataloguing projects at The National Archives. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/jane-langford/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Jane Langford</a> ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Cataloguing transatlantic slavery records: an archival history ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Cataloguer Adrian Browne traces the custodial history of the Detached Papers, investigating the legacies of Victorian-era recordkeeping. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/dr-adrian-browne/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Dr Adrian Browne</a> ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Our volunteers have finished cataloguing Colonial Office correspondence from Cameroons and Togoland, explore these records here. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/keith-mitchell/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Keith Mitchell</a> ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Project to bring voices of enslaved people to life ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ We are collaborating with international academics to open up access to the largest collection of testimony of enslaved people from the Caribbean. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The National Archives ]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Tracing medical records from the First World War ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Explore how we are preserving medical records from the First World War and how you can access them. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Welcome to the new National Archives online catalogue! ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ We want to bring the archives to everyone, and as the first step towards that goal we’ve worked on making the online catalogue more accessible and inviting. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/samantha-bell/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Samantha Bell</a> ]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Celebrating digital records ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Learn more about The National Archives' digital preservation work and how you can preserve records that matter to you. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/francesca-mackenzie/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Francesca Mackenzie</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The A–Z of the Royal Navy Captains' letters project – 'D' to 'M' ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Bruno Pappalardo reveals the latest findings of the volunteer Royal Navy Captains’ letters project. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2025 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Introducing the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure UK (EHRI-UK) ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Read about our work as part of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure UK, a national body representing Holocaust-related collections in the UK. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/caroline-catchpole/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Caroline Catchpole</a> ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Exhibition to explore the making of America to feature rare Declaration of Independence ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ A major 2026 exhibition will explore the birth of the United States of America to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[ Secret diplomatic message deciphered after 350 years ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Ruth Selman shares an exciting update to her previous blog post about a 17th-century letter written in cipher. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/people/ruth-selman/?utm_source=feed-all&utm_medium=rss">Ruth Selman</a> ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Using The National Farm Survey as a gateway for research ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Discover how one farm in East Sussex can lead us on a journey through stage and screen, motorsport successes, and celebrity connections during the 20th century. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The National Archives is displaying records related to the Gresford Colliery disaster in Wrexham Library to mark the 91st anniversary on 22 September 2025. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Educators at The National Archives have won a prestigious prize for their history workshops. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ In our next episode of On the Record, we mark 200 years of rail travel through The National Archives’ records. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ A 1642 will which caused a legal row about William Shakespeare’s property in Stratford-upon-Avon has been discovered at The National Archives. ]]>
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